Devout Catholics Have Better Sex, Says US News and World Report

[kepha]

This seems like a big huge “Duh!” to me since devout Catholics also tend to insist that sex is a sacramental union of love, not just a quick hook up. They see it as involving not just the love of one’s life, but the love of God. The see children, not as a disastrous side effect, but a bonus. And they know how to party! When you go into sex full bore, as a union of body, soul, and spirit designed to bring forth children, rather than with your fingers crossed behind your back, afraid she’s going to ask you to commit, afraid you will wind up a parent, struggling with latex, and pills, and IUDs, and worried about STDs: yeah you’re going to have better sex.

It’s often forgotten that the gospel while difficult in a fallen world is nonetheless about cooperating with, not fighting against our nature as human beings. Obey God and you find that life often gets a lot less complicated and happier. Devout Catholic sex, unlike almost all modern sex, is natural. Natural stuff is easier


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marksh...better-sex-says-us-news-and-world-report.html

Devout Catholics Have Better Sex, Study Says - US News

 

[Blain]

ummmm......

 

[tourist]

This seems like a big huge “Duh!” to me since devout Catholics also tend to insist that sex is a sacramental union of love, not just a quick hook up. They see it as involving not just the love of one’s life, but the love of God. The see children, not as a disastrous side effect, but a bonus. And they know how to party! When you go into sex full bore, as a union of body, soul, and spirit designed to bring forth children, rather than with your fingers crossed behind your back, afraid she’s going to ask you to commit, afraid you will wind up a parent, struggling with latex, and pills, and IUDs, and worried about STDs: yeah you’re going to have better sex.

It’s often forgotten that the gospel while difficult in a fallen world is nonetheless about cooperating with, not fighting against our nature as human beings. Obey God and you find that life often gets a lot less complicated and happier. Devout Catholic sex, unlike almost all modern sex, is natural. Natural stuff is easier


Devout Catholics Have Better Sex, Says US News and World Report

Devout Catholics Have Better Sex, Study Says - US News

I am a believer of this. You have the love of the husband, the wife and the Lord. It is a love triangle.

 

[Nautilus]

I would love to know the parameters used to qualify 'best sex' I mean it may be boring sex for all i know.

 

[presidente]

I would love to know the parameters used to qualify 'best sex' I mean it may be boring sex for all i know.

Am I reading that right that those who had sex more than once a week had a much higher occurrence of feeling love. Did that hold true for other religious groups?

Let that be a lesson to ya.

 

[kepha]

tourist:

I am a believer of this. You have the love of the husband, the wife and the Lord. It is a love triangle.

Amen, but the contraception mentally is killing too many marriages. There is a clear correlation between the divorce rate and the use of contraception over the last 50 years. I know there are plenty of Catholics who don't listen to the Church's teaching, but it doesn't change the fact that it is a moral evil. Abortion and contraception are evils of the same root.
Nautilus:

I would love to know the parameters used to qualify 'best sex' I mean it may be boring sex for all i know.

You already gave the parameters. Sex with just ones spouse is the best sex on the grounds that it is the only sex they know.

 

[kepha]

Am I reading that right that those who had sex more than once a week had a much higher occurrence of feeling love. Did that hold true for other religious groups?

Let that be a lesson to ya.

>weekly, >monthly refers to frequency of church attendance, not frequency of sex. The vertical % is about feeling loved, which I admit is subjective. But if one is not feeling loved during sex then there is a problem. I think the graph holds true for any Christian who wants to have a holy, satisfying marriage, but when pastors sanction contraception they are doing more harm than good.

 

[Nautilus]

tourist:
Amen, but the contraception mentally is killing too many marriages. There is a clear correlation between the divorce rate and the use of contraception over the last 50 years. I know there are plenty of Catholics who don't listen to the Church's teaching, but it doesn't change the fact that it is a moral evil. Abortion and contraception are evils of the same root.
Nautilus:
You already gave the parameters. Sex with just ones spouse is the best sex on the grounds that it is the only sex they know.

Yeah I'm just saying best sex is clearly a subjective term since not everyone enjoys sex the same way. This is like saying methodists make the best pizza. Whats your standard for determining the quality of pizza? Once again everyones opinion is different.

Don't even get me started on contraception, because its not a moral sin, its called being responsible. Especially when a lot of couples can't afford or don't want children.

 

[presidente]

>weekly, >monthly refers to frequency of church attendance, not frequency of sex.

I didn't catch that when I saw the chart last time. That just made the chart less interesting to a large percentage of the population, but it's interesting nonetheless.

 

[Angela53510]

Seriously, contraception does not cause bad sex. Rather, too often contraception is used to insure no children when people are hopping from bed to bed! Just because contraception did not exist when the Bible was written, doesn't mean that it is wrong to use it, any more than medicines I use for asthma or Rheumatoid Arthritis to make me able to live a relatively normal life are wrong.

I can't really think of anything that would stifle my sexual desire more than the thought of having child after child, esp. since pregnancy and childbirth were so hard on me. My MIL came from a Church of God family. There were 10 children. Her mother told her that she hated having to have all those children, and how hard it was on her body, soul and mind.

I had 4 children, and love them all dearly. Not all were planned, but all were loved. But burden me with no contraception, and it might have destroyed my marriage, because after my 4th just destroyed my auto-immune system (very common, apparently) and I got sick, I knew I was not destined for more children. I am grateful my husband saw it that way too.

I agree that a committed marriage is the only way to sexual fulfillment, but that does not mean contraception should not be a part of the plan!

 

[presidente]

Seriously, contraception does not cause bad sex.

Depends on what method. (ahem.) But even the RCC allows certain natural methods.

My biology professor said "what do you call someone who uses the 'rhythm' method?"

"Mommy. Daddy."

I hear they have more useful methods now that require certain periods of abstinence.

I can't really think of anything that would stifle my sexual desire more than the thought of having child after child, esp. since pregnancy and childbirth were so hard on me. My MIL came from a Church of God family. There were 10 children. Her mother told her that she hated having to have all those children, and how hard it was on her body, soul and mind.

In the US, I know of two large denominations that go by 'Church of God' and other variants on the name. One is a Holiness denomination out of Indiana. The other is a Pentecostal denomination with HQ in Tennessee. The Pentecostal denomination isn't a particularly 'big family' type group. I haven't heard anything about the other group being that way. Is there a denomination by that name that encourages having lots of kids?

 

[breno785au]

This still doesn't make me want to become a catholic.

 

[didymos]

This seems like a big huge “Duh!” to me since devout Catholics also tend to insist that sex is a sacramental union of love...

That means what? That there's always a priest involved?

 

[secularhermit]

Ha! Ha!

That is secular proselitism to be from the RCC...

Here, my country, I have seen this is a lie,but eac belives what they believed.

So, is GOD showing favoritism for a religious group?

No!

 

[Percepi]

Can someone source the study please? The URL provided in the linked article is broken.

 

[Percepi]

Amen, but the contraception mentally is killing too many marriages. There is a clear correlation between the divorce rate and the use of contraception over the last 50 years.

Correlation does not necessarily equal causation. Over the past 50 years, more and more people have started wearing seatbelts. Does that mean seatbelts cause divorce? There are FAR too many outliers for you to make such a conclusion.

but it doesn't change the fact that it is a moral evil. Abortion and contraception are evils of the same root.

If you use the calendar method to decrease your chances of getting your wife pregnant, then you're attempting to have sex with the intention of not having a child. So if you believe sex must be had with intent of bearing children, then you're sinning.

I read a comment where a guy talked about how him and his wife have had sex hundreds of times in just a few years and him and his wife were happily married... with 6 children! There's no reason to have massive families like that anymore. Not only are children a financial strain many people can't afford, but it's harder for parents to divide their time between children in today's society unless one of them is a stay at home parent.

 

[TaylorTG]

Abortion is evil because it originates from contraception, which promotes evil.
Scripture directly says that contraception is evil in God's eyes. The word isn't in the bible, but the concept is.

Genesis 38:1-10
Judah and Tamar
After God killed Er, who was Tamar's husband, Judah told Onan, the second born, to unite himself with Tamar, in an attempt to preserve the family tree. Onan, knowing that his descendants would not be counted as his, disobeyed this command, wasting his seed on the ground to avoid bearing children for his dead brother.

God was greatly offended by this, and took Onan's life.


wasting of seed God struck Onan down because he willingly altered his body in an attempt to avoid parental responsibility, which is a result of sexual intercourse. By using contraception, one deliberately attempts to alter his or her body, thus going against natural law.

Of course, God doesn't strike people down today as he did in the past, but his wrath is undoubtedly still fueled.

Source: Birth Control | Catholic Answers, fourth section



The purpose of sex is to bear children. The pleasurable aspect of sex was instilled by God to further encourage us to mate, but pleasure is not the primary reason why one should have sex, hence why contraception is evil: it promotes the pleasurable aspect of sex more than its procreative aspect.


Strategies such as the rhythmic method are endorsed by the church because they are, in essence, natural. Unlike contraception, they don't alter human facilities, they use them.


"Avoiding pregnancy is good, but how you avoid it can be either moral or immoral."
http://chastity.com/question/a-friend-said-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-make-sense-for-the-church-to-permit-natural-family-planning-nfp-wh

 

[notuptome]

That means what? That there's always a priest involved?

With the altar boys most likely. The Nuns will have nothing to do with them.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[notuptome]

Abortion is evil because it originates from contraception, which promotes evil.
Scripture directly says that contraception is evil in God's eyes. The word isn't in the bible, but the concept is.

Genesis 38:1-10
Judah and Tamar
After God killed Er, who was Tamar's husband, Judah told Onan, the second born, to unite himself with Tamar, in an attempt to preserve the family tree. Onan, knowing that his descendants would not be counted as his, disobeyed this command, wasting his seed on the ground to avoid bearing children for his dead brother.

God was greatly offended by this, and took Onan's life.


wasting of seed God struck Onan down because he willingly altered his body in an attempt to avoid parental responsibility, which is a result of sexual intercourse. By using contraception, one deliberately attempts to alter his or her body, thus going against natural law.

Of course, God doesn't strike people down today as he did in the past, but his wrath is undoubtedly still fueled.

Source: Birth Control | Catholic Answers, fourth section



The purpose of sex is to bear children. The pleasurable aspect of sex was instilled by God to further encourage us to mate, but pleasure is not the primary reason why one should have sex, hence why contraception is evil: it promotes the pleasurable aspect of sex more than its procreative aspect.


Strategies such as the rhythmic method are endorsed by the church because they are, in essence, natural. Unlike contraception, they don't alter human facilities, they use them.


"Avoiding pregnancy is good, but how you avoid it can be either moral or immoral."
http://chastity.com/question/a-friend-said-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-make-sense-for-the-church-to-permit-natural-family-planning-nfp-wh

Extremely weak argument against birth control. Very strong argument for obedience to God.

No conception occurs without Gods intervention. God never makes a mistake in regard to conception. There are millions of couples who attempt for years to have children but are unable. Abraham and Sarah would serve as an example of Gods direct involvement in conception.

I won't bore you with all the births that occurred among couples that were on birth control.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[didymos]

With the altar boys most likely. The Nuns will have nothing to do with them.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

My comment was more about the supposed 'sacramental' quality of love making: celebrating sacraments involves a priest etc... Btw I still want to know what's so sacramental about 'sex.' There are only two sacraments and love making clearly isnt one of them.

But then again, catholics will call about anything 'sacramental.' The word has lost all its meaning.